Hi, I'm Eric Luellen, a founder, senior executive & strategist in data science & AI innovation in biotechnology industries -- 3x founder -- xCTIO, CTO, CDS & CEO

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Eric Luellen is an American computational biologist, data scientist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience translating complex science into real-world solutions. He is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Turing Biosciences, a next-generation drug discovery company using machine learning and functional multi-omics to solve the combinatorial complexity problem in systems biology. Under his leadership, Turing has discovered 59 therapeutics and diagnostics in under three years, including multiple FDA designations across rare diseases, oncology, and functional genomics. The company is widely regarded as a category-defining innovator in AI-driven biological discovery. Prior to founding Turing, Eric served as CTIO of a microbiome therapeutics company backed by Gates Ventures, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, where he led the discovery of novel therapeutics for preterm birth and neonatal diseases. Earlier in his career, he was Head of SaMD and Data Analytics for a $2 billion FTSE 100 medical technology company and has advised or scaled multiple science-led startups, leading teams of over 100 and managing budgets exceeding $10 million. Eric’s scientific expertise spans immunometabolism, systems biology, digital theragnostics, software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD), public health, infectious diseases, and rare pediatric diseases. He has authored or co-authored regulatory submissions for dozens of drugs and diagnostics, including successful applications under the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan Drug programs. He is particularly known for inventing applied machine learning methods that power next-generation capabilities in systems biology and therapeutic discovery. His published research on SARS-CoV-2 earned an Altmetric impact score of 290, placing it among the top 1% of global scientific outputs.

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An Eagle Scout and lifelong learner, Eric holds degrees from American University (B.A.), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (M.P.H.), and Northwestern University (M.S.), as well as 37 credit hours in medical sciences from Harvard University. He also holds executive diplomas and certificates in business and technology from Caltech, Columbia Business School, MIT Sloan, Harvard Law School, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a black belt in Okinawan Isshinryu karate and an officer emeritus of both YPO and SIM. He was a global finalist for the 2016 C3 Prize at Stanford MedX and the 2017 Tencent Startup Innovation Competition, and is an alumnus of StartupBootcamp. Eric lives outside Boston with his wife and youngest daughter in a historic 200-year-old home they are restoring together. His approach to innovation is grounded in scientific rigor, ethical urgency, and the belief that safe, effective medicines should be discoverable in weeks—not decades. Through Turing, his mission is to make precision therapeutics accessible to every person on the planet, regardless of income or geography. He has traveled to over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe & South America.